Daily updates about Syria

4/19/2014

Rebels attempted a counter-attack in Homs to break out of the siege, moving into the western half of the Jub al-Jandali neighborhood after detonating a car bomb that killed 5 Syrian troops and NDF personnel. The counterattack was reportedly halted by Syrian airstrikes.

–Taking the Jub al-Jandali neighborhood would put the rebels within a few hundred meters of being able to break out of the siege and move into the countryside.

–Reports largely say that the regime’s advance into the Old City has been halted by the rebels.